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Catwoman (vol. 3) #78 (June 2008):
“The Long Road Home, Part 1”
by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez, Alvaro Lopez

Catwoman (vol. 3) #78

Title: “The Long Road Home, Part 1”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2008

Publisher: DC
Written by: Will Pfeifer
Art by: David Lopez, Alvaro Lopez


33 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Catwoman Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
(lead character)
villain hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Batman family; Injustice League...  DC 911
Slam Bradley Slam Bradley hero
  [private investigator] DC 156
Cheetah Cheetah (Dr. Barbara Minerva) villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Legion of Doom DC 150
Sickle Sickle (Natasha Ulyanov) hero
  People's Heroes DC 18
Hammer Hammer (Boris Ulyanov) villain hero
  People's Heroes DC 19
Repro (Billy) villain
  H.I.V.E F.I.V.E.
[has power to make copies of self]
DC 5
Phil's Tavern supporting character group
  [bar where Slam Bradley beat up Repro] DC 1
Lex Luthor Lex Luthor
(5-panel cameo, pg. 10, 20)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian (lapsed); Nietzschean atheist
Injustice League; Secret Six...  DC 1,508
Phil
(4-panel cameo, pg. 5-6)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [owns/tends bar where Slam Bradley beat up Repro] DC 1
Mr. Freeze Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 10, 19-20, panel 4)
villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Cold Warriors; Injustice League...  DC 175
Captain Cold Captain Cold (Leonard Snart)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9-12)
villain
  Cold Warriors; Flash's Rogues Gallery...  DC 188
Clayface Clayface (Basil Karlo)
(3-panel cameo, pg. 9-10, 19)
villain based on a real person
  Injustice League; Secret Society of Super Villains
[based loosely on Boris Karloff]
DC 60
Karnevil Karnevil (Jeremy Karne)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)
villain
CBR Scale: S manifestly non-religious
Fourth Reich; Pentacle... 
[claimed to be WWII-era All-American Kid's grandnephew]
DC 20
Two-Face Two-Face (Harvey Dent)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 4-5)
villain
CBR Scale: M obsessed with dualism and
number 2; Taoist
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang DC 240
Weather Wizard Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 10, panels 4-5)
villain
  Flash's Rogues Gallery; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 116
Chemo Chemo
(2-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)
villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[artificial creation] DC 14
Warp Warp (Emil LaSalle)
(2-panel cameo, pg. 9-10)
villain
  Brotherhood of Evil; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 28
Deadshot Deadshot (Floyd Lawton)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)
villain hero
  Checkmate; Killer Elite... 
[was a freelance operative for Checkmate]
DC 213
Count Vertigo Count Vertigo (Werner Vertigo)
(1-panel cameo, pg. 14, panel 3)
villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
Checkmate; Secret Society of Super Villains... 
[Position in Checkmate: White Queen's Knight]
DC 105
The Joker The Joker
(mentioned in text & seen in picture, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: M anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  DC 1,679
Doctor Sivana Doctor Sivana
(photo/video (3 panels), pg. 9-12)
villain scientist
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
Fearsome Five (leader) Fawcett DC 162
Ted Grant
(photo/picture/video, pg. 5, panel 2)
hero
  All-Star Squadron; The Justice Society of America DC 423
Killer Croc Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains DC 202
Psimon Psimon (Dr. Simon Jones)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain scientist
  Fearsome Five (leader); Injustice League...  DC 30
Mammoth Mammoth (Baran Flinders)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  Fearsome Five; H.I.V.E....  DC 48
Shimmer Shimmer (Selinda Flinders)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: S Goth
Fearsome Five; Secret Society of Super Villains DC 20
Mirror Master Mirror Master (Evan McCulloch)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Injustice Gang...  DC 119
Body Doubles Body Doubles (Bonny Hoffman)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[assassin] DC 21
Heat Wave Heat Wave (Mick Rory)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9)
supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M pyromaniac/obsessed with fire; Zhutanian Buddhism (convert)
[1st app: The Flash (vol. 1) #140 (Nov. 1963)] DC 70
Tar Pit (Joey Monteleone)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  [1st app: The Flash (vol. 2) #174 (July 2001)] DC 10
Tapeworm Tapeworm
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  [1st app: Robin (vol. 4) #144 (Jan. 2006)] DC 9
Helena Kyle Helena Kyle
(photo/picture/video, pg. 8, panel 5)
supporting character
  [infant daughter Catwoman gave up for adoption] DC 17
Hellhound (Jack Chifford)
(photo/picture/video, pg. 9, panel 2)
villain
  Secret Society of Super Villains
[bought Hellhound super-villain "franchise" from Calculator]
DC 8